Calendar: 1868-1869 Page 546

548 THE SCHOOL ii by the addition of iii verbs which have both strong and weak aorist Illustrate the phrases He rydeth hym'-י Which miracle ther befel anon'-'That now on Monday last saw him wirche' -' And over his heed ther schyneth two figures '-י Nysie'-' He never yit no vilonye ne eayde'-' If you please י-' He had the bord bygonne 10 Say very briefly what you know of Ricusi Sir John Mandeville Baliol Ralph Higden Pierre de Lusignan What was La Jacquerie 11 Explain and criticise the language of the following lines Hath in the Ram his halfe cours i-ronne ii י To feme halwes kouthe in sondry londes iii And wel we weren esud atte beste iv And therto had he ridden no man ferre Of twenty year he was of age guess vi Hire grettest oothe nas but by eeynt Lay vii monk ther was fair for the mautre viii י If men mot it with yerde smerte ix He yaf not of that text pullid hen That seith that hunters been noon holy men Uppek Sixih and Lowee Sixth -Division ftmra FV $art ϊ Criticise the following observations on Shakespeare "The best poet led an obscure and profane life using his genius for the public amusement Sweetest Shakespeare Fancy's child Warble his native woodnotes wild "Does not Shakespeare sometimes premeditate the sheerest bombast "Shakespeare is the nearest successor to Euripides Explain and paraphrase the following passages giving other readings where you know them